Anchors, St Mary's Island, Kent. UK
Posted by: 
dave-harris
N 51° 24.418 E 000° 31.968
31U E 328408 N 5697971
3 Anchors on the River Medway
Waymark Code: WMZ8FC
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/28/2018
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St Mary's Island was originally a marshy area to the north of Chatham Dockyard. To make this land habitable, 1,300,000 tonnes of contaminated soil was removed from the land before anything could be built. The area is now a nice modern, clean housing estate.
St Mary's Island boarders on the river Medway and is on 3 sides of this island. There is a nice walk starting from the Dockside outlet Centre and goes around green spaces beside the river. The land was bought by the government to expand Chatham Docks which in 1821 had very little spare space. The Basins were used to build and repair the wooden ships of the day.
Being a nautical / navel area there are plenty of anchors in the surrounding areas. These 3 anchors are on the riverside walk around St Mary's Island. Located at the side of the footpath, and underneath an impressive crane once used in the docks. Facing these anchors, the 1 on the left is the larger of the 3, The 2 smaller ones on the right are standing upright, leaning against each other. There is free and unrestricted access to these anchors at any time, day or night.
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